“Gracyk addresses a difficult and too-long-overlooked subject—that is, defining a
comprehensible rock aesthetic—with consistent intelligence, depth, and insight.
His knowledge of aesthetics, musicology, and the history of rock & roll is up to the ambitious
task he sets himself.”
—Anthony DeCurtis, contributing editor, Rolling
Stone, and author of Rocking My Life Away

"the most perceptive
and engaging treatise on rock yet written."
American Music

"A formidable start toward reframing the study of rock in a way that
does the music and its listeners more justice."Independent Weekly's Rock and Roll Quarterly

"Includes a solidly argued chapter on
Adorno."
--Richard Leppert

Above: Korean translation of Rhythm and Noise, 2002

"A significant contribution
both to philosophy of music and to aesthetics more generally."
The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism